Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s5.t1.10

v2.c44.s5.t1.10

The eyes were decorated with collyrium (añjana), the brows with the lampblack, the temple with cinnabar (hiṅgula), orpiment (haritāla), realgar (manaḥśilā), and the lips with lac-dye (alaktaka). For other decorative purposes were used geruā (red ochre), palepaka (plaster), nīlakadhātu (ultramarine?), sassekechunna (blue vitriol, copper sulphate or malachite/azurite powder?).